Anomalous and ultraslow diffusion of a particle driven by power-law-correlated and distributed-order noises

Abstract

Abstract We study the generalised Langevin equation (GLE) approach to anomalous diffusion for a harmonic oscillator and a free particle driven by different forms of internal noises, such as power-law-correlated and distributed-order noises that fulfil generalised versions of the fluctuation-dissipation theorem. The mean squared displacement and the normalised displacement correlation function are derived for the different forms of the friction memory kernel. The corresponding overdamped GLEs for these cases are also investigated. It is shown that such models can be used to describe anomalous diffusion in complex media, giving rise to subdiffusion, superdiffusion, ultraslow diffusion, strong anomaly, and other complex diffusive behaviours.